Four Byzantine Novels: Theodore Prodromos, Rhodanthe and Dosikles / Eumathios Makrembolites, Hysmine and Hysminias / Constantine

The Byzantine intelligentsia produced for the entertainment of their colleagues, their aristocratic patrons, and not least themselves, pastiches in verse and prose of the romantic tales of Achilles Tatius and Heliodorus. This book marks the English translation, placing them and their writers in their literary and historical contexts.